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Direct linkPaccagnella, Marco – OECD Publishing, 2016
This paper presents a comprehensive analysis of the link between age and proficiency in information-processing skills, based on information drawn from the Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC). The data reveal significant age-related differences in proficiencies, strongly suggesting that proficiency tends to "naturally" decline with age. Age…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Surveys, Adults, Age Differences
Peer reviewedvan den Ban, Anne – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2011
In order to profit from the economic growth in their society farmers can (1) increase the yields of their crops and animals, (2) switch to the production of high value products for which there is an increasing demand in the market, (3) increase the labour productivity on their farm, (4) find non-farm sources of income for some or all of their…
Descriptors: Economic Research, Income, Employment Patterns, Agriculture
Learning Environment, Learning Process, Academic Outcomes and Career Success of University Graduates
Vermeulen, Lyanda; Schmidt, Henk G. – Studies in Higher Education, 2008
This study expands on literature covering models on educational productivity, student integration and effectiveness of instruction. An expansion of the literature concerning the impact of higher education on workplace performance is also covered. Relationships were examined between the quality of the academic learning environment, the process of…
Descriptors: Productivity, College Graduates, Education Work Relationship, Learning Processes
Asghar, Waheed; Siddi, Sulaman Hafeez – International Journal of Training Research, 2008
In this era of global competition, human resources will play a decisive role in the battle for efficiency and competitive advantage, where nations and organisations with superior and quality-oriented human capital will soon outperform those with inefficient and quantity-oriented labour force. Rate of human capital formation will be more important…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Productivity, Competition
